Project Grant 70Z02322MO0005102

The U.S. Coast Guard awarded $400,000 to the National Safe Boating Council Inc. under the National Nonprofit Organization Recreational Boating Safety Grant Program (CFDA 97.135) through a cooperative agreement effective October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2026. The award funds expansion of the Council's flagship "Wear It" safe boating campaign, which promotes life jacket wear, sober boating, engine cut-off switch use, and formal boating education. The campaign will leverage...

Federal Cooperative Agreement Award Summary The U.S. Coast Guard awarded American Boat & Yacht Council, Inc. (ABYC) a $215,000 cooperative agreement under the National Nonprofit Organization Recreational Boating Safety Grant Program (CFDA 97.135), effective October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2026. In partnership with Industrial Economics, Inc., ABYC will conduct a comprehensive evaluation of existing flotation regulations and standards for recreational boats under 26 feet to determine...

This $150,000 Project Grant award from the Department of Homeland Security's United States Coast Guard Boating Safety Financial Assistance program (CFDA 97.012) will fund a multimedia educational campaign to measurably influence boating safety behaviors and the need for boating safety certification for approximately 6 million people. The funding will support the development and distribution of three half-hour television shows across major broadcast networks (ABC, NBC, CBS, FOX, PBS) to promote...

The Future Angler Foundation Inc. was awarded a $347,204 Project Grant from the U.S. Coast Guard under the Boating Safety Financial Assistance federal grant program (CFDA 97.012). The grant will support the Foundation's National Boating Safety Education Program from July 1, 2022 to September 30, 2023. As described in the program details, the U.S. Coast Guard provides funding through this grant program to support recreational boating safety initiatives at the state and local level. The...

The Water Sports Foundation, Inc. received a $175,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Coast Guard under the Boating Safety Financial Assistance federal grant program (CFDA 97.012) to support the project "BOATING SAFETY ON FISHING TV" from July 1, 2021 to September 30, 2022. As the program aims to encourage greater participation and uniformity in boating safety education, the Foundation will use the funding to produce and air television segments focused on boating safety best...

The National Safe Boating Council Inc. was awarded a $180,000 Project Grant from the United States Coast Guard under the Boating Safety Financial Assistance program (CFDA 97.012) to deliver the WAVES OF HOPE project from July 1, 2022 through September 30, 2023. The Council will provide boating safety equipment and educational materials, including life jackets, boating safety kits, educational kits, banners, and stencils to promote greater participation and uniformity in boating safety. These...

The Water Sports Foundation, Inc. received a $350,000 Cooperative Agreement from the U.S. Coast Guard under the National Nonprofit Organization Recreational Boating Safety Grant Program (CFDA 97.135), effective October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2026. The Foundation will execute a national outreach campaign designed to reduce casualties among new paddlers, a vulnerable segment of the paddling community. The initiative leverages partnerships with major paddlesports media companies and...

The Future Angler Foundation Inc. was awarded a $249,898 Project Grant from the U.S. Coast Guard under the Boating Safety Financial Assistance federal grant program (CFDA 97.012). The grant will support the Foundation's National Boating Safety Education Program from July 1, 2021 through September 30, 2022. As described in the program details, the U.S. Coast Guard aims to reduce boating accidents and encourage safety through this grant program. The Foundation's program will likely provide boating...

The U.S. Coast Guard, through its Boating Safety Financial Assistance program (CFDA 97.012), has awarded a $120,000 Project Grant to the Water Sports Foundation, Inc. The grant will fund sophisticated content search marketing techniques to engage the most at-risk and hard-to-reach boaters and paddlers in the United States at the precise moment they are seeking information about these activities. The Water Sports Foundation, a non-profit organization focused on promoting safe and responsible...

The U.S. Coast Guard, through the Boating Safety Financial Assistance program (CFDA 97.012), awarded a $175,000 Project Grant to the American Canoe Association, Inc. (ACA) to expand its online curriculum and marketing efforts related to paddlesports safety education. The grant will fund the development of new web-based training content on angling equipment management, self-rescue techniques, and nautical rules of the road. It will also support a parallel marketing strategy to drive new and...